We Were Pharaoh's Bondmen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLN OPQP| Beneath the tyrant Satan's yoke | A |
| Our souls were long oppressed | B |
| Till grace our galling fetters broke | A |
| And gave the weary rest | B |
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| Jesus in that important hour | C |
| His mighty arm made known | D |
| He ransomed us by price and pow'r | E |
| And claimed us for his own | D |
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| Now freed from bondage sin and death | F |
| We walk in Wisdom's ways | G |
| And wish to spend our every breath | F |
| In wonder love and praise | G |
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| Ere long we hope with him to dwell | H |
| In yonder world above | I |
| And now we only live to tell | H |
| The riches of his love | I |
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| O might we ere we hence remove | J |
| Prevail upon our youth | K |
| To seek that they may likewise prove | J |
| His mercy and his truth | K |
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| Like Simeon we shall gladly go | L |
| When Jesus calls us home | M |
| If they are left a seed below | L |
| To serve him in our room | N |
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| Lord hear our prayer indulge our hope | O |
| On these thy Spirit pour | P |
| That they may take our story up | Q |
| When we can speak no more | P |
John Newton
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